Mike Daniels is Bane and Other Pro Bowl Notes

The Pro Bowl was today. That’s ancillary, however. The Pro Bowl can suck it. Earlier today, I was flipping through the channels and did this. Pro Bowl? NHL All-Star Game? Purdue vs. a mediocre Indiana team?

Guess which option won?

No. 3.

I briefly considered No. 2. I did not at any time consider No. 1. I only noted that, yes, this stupid game is on. I see it was raining pretty hard, which is probably the most interesting thing about the game. Amazing that such a thing could happen when you hold a football game in Florida. Who would have thought?

The second-most interesting thing about the Pro Bowl is that, apparently, the guys who play in it get swag. Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike Daniels, who had one tackle, got some swag.

So..i’m watching the pre-game show, and of course, we got our annual dose on how serious the players take this game and how hard they are going to play. Then Payton and Tomlin are interviewed, and Payton try’s his best to talk about tackling and how these guys are going to go after it. While Tomlin kind of starts laughing.

So here’s what i observed watching it for awhile, before it just became backround noise.

At the snap, Off. and Def. lineman, basically stand straight up, and put their hand on each others chest, the same for extra points and field goals.

Now tackling, here’s where it gets entertaining, 2 things….1) There is no more tackling, they now hug each other. 2) The refs dead play whistle…never have i heard a whistle(s) blown so quickly, right when the guy was touched by a defender. When i say touched, i meant hugged. anyone who watched the game saw this. Watch Le’Veon Bell get whistled down on a pass play, just for being touched, not even hugged.

This game was seriously laughable. I understand not wanting to get injured, everyone plays at about 30%, i get it. But……quit trying to sell this as a serious hard fought game.